Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-02
INTER.UNlVER RSlTY RACE.
Yale Defeats Harvard with bue
Little Effort.

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NEW LONDON, Conn.,, July l.-Ths
twelfth annual four.mile straight. swsy
race between eight-osred crews repre-
senting the Yale and Harvard Universi-
ties was rowed this evening over the
Thames river course, from Gales Ferry
to Winthrop Point, and was won By
Yale by five and one.half lengths. The
official time was: Yale. 2O:56; Harvard,
23:l0a. The attendance was something
unprecedented, and the scenes along the
course from start to finish were very
striking. At 7:2S the word was given,
and both crews caught the water very
quickly, Harvard gaining the advantage.
Both crews started at q 36-stroke. but
after the first inmate dropped into -
and 80. Harvard gradually drew away
from Yale and IN the first eighth of .
mile led by half length. Both crews
were pulling in perfect form and the ex-
element was intense. Yale's powerful
stroke, however, sent her shell
up until they were bow and
bow, though the official time gives Har-
ward lead Of two seconds. Harvard's
time here was a:54 and Yale's 2:56.
Just after passing the hsIf-mile flag
Yale dropped her stroke to 80, Harvard
pulling a and IS. but Yale's slow stroke
proved most effective, and her bow
crept slowly to the front and they passed
the mile in $40 and 5:23, Yale Just
showing the clear water ahead of Har-
wards bow. The second half mile was
tie greatest of the race, Yale doing it
in 2.24 and Harvard in 2:29. All
through the third half Yale kept her
stroke down to 80 and 33, while Rar-
ward was pulling "a and 35. As they
neared the navy yard Yale began to
forge ahead and showed twenty feet of
water between the boats. Up to this
point the race had been one of the most
hotly contested ever rowed between ths
crews from these two colleges.
HARvARD'S DESPERATE Squirt.
Off the navy yard Harvard spurted
and made a grand effort to close the gap
but Yale responded nobly and at the
two mile flag had increased her lead to
a length and half, passing that point
in HOO IL. Harvard in ii l.2. At
this point the race was practically set
tied and Yale was pulling ia excellent
form, her powerful stroke. sending her
boat along at rattling gait. Harvard
was also pulling in good form, but her
stroke seemed to lose it's effectiveness.
LIN the fifth half Yale gained five sec-
onds and having the race in hand drop
ped her stroke to 80 and 81, Harvard
still rowing 33 and "a. In the sixth
half Yale made an addition gain of 7 l.2
seconds and passed the three mile flag
in l4:l4 with lead of four lengths;
Harvards time l4:25. 1t began to look
like procession and especially as In the
seventh half Yale added fifth length
to her credit. doing the half in 2:ll1 to
Harvard's 2:54a and passing the 81 mile
flag In 20 minutes to Harvards 2O:l9&.
Iu the last half mile the Harvards made
desperate effort to lessen Yale's lead
but it was of little avail and Yale main
tanned her slow swinging stroke paying
very little attention to what the Har-
ward was doing and danced across the
finishing line in 20:56 an easy winner by
four or five lengths. Harvard's time
23:l0h. When the Yale stopped rowing.
Gill, who pulled No 2. fell back in kis
seat exhausted, being overcome by the
strain and excitement.